BAM 5, 460 (P394925)

Medical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1'. _[DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _nigin_-du _a2-min_-szu2 ...] x x [x]
2'. [...] tusz#-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi#-[ga]_
3'. [... _{na4}]gug ku3-sig17 igi-du8_-ma#
4'. _[zi-ku5-ru-da_ sza2 x x x x x x x] pa-sze-er
  single ruling
5'. _[DISZ na a2-min_-szu2 ina _ugu sag-du_-szu2 _gar-gar_-an _a2-mesz_-szu2] i#-szam-ma-ma-szu
6'. _[giri3-min_-szu2 mu-ne-e _uzu-mesz_-szu2 _szub-szub_-su i]-na#? _{d}utu-e3_ i-mi-mu-szu2
7'. [ana _munus_ a-la-ka mu-ut,-t,u x x x _ninda gu7_-ma] _ugu#_-szu2 _nu du_-ak
8'. _[igi-min_-szu2 it-ta-na-za-za _igi_ x x x x x x] x-na-da-ta-szu2-um-ma
9'. [i-te-ki-ik _ka_-szu2 _lu2-mesz_ x x x x it-ta-na?]-as,#-bat a-wa-tam i-qab-bu-szum-ma
10'. [i-ma-asz-szi _sza3_-szu2 it-ta-na-ad-la-ah _lu2 bi?] alam#-min#_-szu2 ep-szu-ma ana _ad6_ paq-du
11'. _[alam-min_-szu2 sza2 _i3-udu_ ep-szu-ma ana _ur-gi7_ szu-ku-lu] _alam#-min#?_-szu2 sza2 _esir had2#-ra2#_ ep#-szu2#?-ma#
12'. [...] x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 5, 460

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03293

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-04-03 at 10:01:55 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-16 at 03:04:24 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 5, 460 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394925.
BAM 5, 460 artifact entry (No. P394925). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394925 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 460 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394925 (Accessed: April 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 460 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394925},
}


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